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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I do nothing. I went through QM classes in my Chemistry times and I still don't get it. If I do nothing at least nobody can blame me for fucking everything up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I mean, the blame clearly lies on whoever created the fucking situation in the first place. I hate the trolley problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like blame is the very obvious factor missing from most descriptions of trolley problems I've seen.

"Will it send me to jail?" is a highly important question for something that might easily be considered murder even if it does prevent other deaths.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the blame aspect is the original purpose of the trolley problem, it's about whether the trolley puller can accept the moral blame of killing the one person (and saving 5 others) in the original postulation // is the trolley puller blameless for non-intervention even when intervention is trivial

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

In reality though it would become a legal question, not (just) a moral one.